Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Fay
Professor
Address
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
Automation
Postbox ID 14
Universitätsstraße 150
44801
Bochum
Room:
ID 2/513
Phone Extension:
(+49)(0)234 / 32 - 24071
Email:
alexander.fay(at)rub.de
Website:
aut.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
| since 2024 | Professor of Automation Technology and Head of Department at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Ruhr University Bochum |
| 2004 - 2024 | Professor of Automation Technology and Head of Institute at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at HSU / UniBw Hamburg |
| 1999 ‐ 2003 | at the ABB research centre in Heidelberg and Ladenburg |
| 1995 ‐ 1998 | Research assistant at the TU Braunschweig (doctorate in 1999 "with honours") |
| 1989 ‐ 1995 | Studied electrical engineering at the TU Braunschweig with study visits to Austin, Nottingham and St. Petersburg |
- Member of acatech - German Academy of Science and Engineering
- Member of the research advisory board of the BMBF-BMWi platform Industry 4.0
- Member of the board of the VDI/VDE Society for Measurement and Automation Technology (GMA), specialising in "AI and autonomous systems"
- Member of the advisory board of the journals "Automatisierungstechnik" and "atp edition"
- Alumnus of the German National Academic Foundation, active on the selection committee
| 2019 | Call to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (rejected) |
| 2018 | Award of the Golden Badge of Honour by NAMUR (User Association of Automation Technology in Process Industries |
| 2009 | Award of the Ring of Honour of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) |
| 2002 | Honoured by the MIT Review as one of the "World's Top 100 Young Innovators" |
| 1999 | Dissertation honoured with the "Research Prize of Deutsche Bahn |
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